Rejtan – The Fall of Poland

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Rejtan – The Fall of Poland is a famous 19th-century historical painting by Jan Matejko depicting Tadeusz Rejtan’s dramatic protest against the First Partition of Poland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
appliesToPart canvas ⓘ
collection Royal Castle in Warsaw ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Poland ⓘ
creator Jan Matejko ⓘ
creatorNationality Polish ⓘ
depicts Partition Sejm ⓘ
linked to: Sejm

Polish magnates leaving the chamber ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth nobility ⓘ
Russian influence in Poland ⓘ
Tadeusz Rejtan ⓘ
dramatic gesture of Rejtan blocking the doorway ⓘ
fallen documents and scattered papers ⓘ
foreign diplomats ⓘ
interior of the Sejm chamber ⓘ
moral protest against political betrayal ⓘ
protest against the First Partition of Poland ⓘ
symbolic fall of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
depictsPersonNationality Polish ⓘ
genre historical painting ⓘ
hasPart doorway symbolizing exit from sovereignty ⓘ
figure of Tadeusz Rejtan lying on the floor ⓘ
foreign envoys observing the scene ⓘ
group of Polish deputies ⓘ
historicalEventDepicted First Partition of Poland ⓘ
inception 1866 ⓘ
inspiredBy historical accounts of the Partition Sejm ⓘ
locatedInCountry Poland ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Masovian Voivodeship ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
location Royal Castle in Warsaw ⓘ
locationOfEventDepicted Partition Sejm in Warsaw ⓘ
mainCharacter Tadeusz Rejtan ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Polish historical painting school ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
originalLanguageTitle Polish ⓘ
paintingSurface canvas ⓘ
partOf cycle of Polish historical paintings by Jan Matejko ⓘ
significance iconic image of Polish patriotic art ⓘ
visual symbol of resistance to foreign domination ⓘ
theme loss of independence ⓘ
moral courage ⓘ
national tragedy ⓘ
patriotism ⓘ
political betrayal ⓘ
timeOfEventDepicted 1773 ⓘ
titleInPolish Rejtan – Upadek Polski ⓘ

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Jan Matejko → notableWork → Rejtan – The Fall of Poland ⓘ
Rejtan – The Fall of Poland → titleInPolish → Rejtan – Upadek Polski ⓘ
linked to: Rejtan – The Fall of Poland